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f i M :. W. ALBAUGH & SOU Wholesale Commission Merchants 'mmm. fise TERRIPIN AND GAME. :No. 224 Light Street Wharf, BALTIMORE Prompt Returns, Quick Sales- REFERENCE. Citizens National Bank. V. J. Hoover & Co. Stencils Furnished Free. J. L. TRESTER. WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANT IX PIER 19 N. DELAWARE Ave, PHILADELPHIA. North Carolina Shad a Specialty. JOHN "WARD, Agent. S.B.M1LLEU&C0. WHOLESALE COMMISSION NO. 7 FULTON FISH MKT, New York. Clarence G, Miller, Miller Longbotham. ) Special Attention Given to THE SALE OF NORTH CARO LINA SHAD. - Stencils and Stationery Furnished on Application. WE EMPLOY NO AGENT. Members of Baltimore Fruit and l'icducc As socatioa. IS. J. SCOGGINS, Trot. : I. VV. COR. CONCORD & HAWK ST.". BALTIMORE, M D. Wholesale Commissioij Dealers FRESHFISH Etc. Special Attention Given To THE SALE OF SHAD Quick Sales. , T, n . Guaranteed Prompt Returns. J - ( Nat'l. Marine Bank. Reference j Fishermen iu general Mothers Read This. a 1 For Flatulent Cclic.Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Nausea.Coushs, cholera Inf2.ntum.Teetn- "V '"-'- lngf CMldren, Cholera v7: Morbus, Unnatural Brains l& : ?' VA from the Bowels, Fains, iiidhU Griping, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, i 3 and all Diseases of the Stomach a.:; 1 i l Bowels, 3 Pitt's Carflimaiive ,i is the Ftandar-I. It rfirrir-- ;.):: A the critical j.c"ioil ;f tootliiiv. ' ouiiiieinled l v jl:v.;oiu!i- : '; '-J of Mothers. Ada:! ! ;;iid !! ,.:r, 1 pleasant to th; t;ir.-. i;r,t "' M give satisfaction. A ft -v.- !..- '.v. 1 i t ' " -' 1 Li . Jrj strafe its siiirlaiiw vsrm. I i , . .: . per bulilo. b'uv -.'.;. ly n. . ' For Sale by V. W. Criggs & Son. fiiflf G-et Your Old Furniture Repaired It can be made New, Ornamental and Durable T. H. KELLAM who has recently moved his shop back to his old stand, ovei J. B. Flora's Store, where he can be found at all hours. Parties hav ing furniture in ne:-d of repairs too heavy to be sent to the shop I will call and repair .c ;.me at their homes. Prices reasonable. Repairing harness, umbrellas and scissors a specialty. Brick! Brick! THOMPSON BRICK WORKS, The leading brick mantu facurers of this section are now ready to supply orders at short notice. This plant has been in active operation for twenty years, and they guarantee satisfaction as to quality and price. gfyese riok (Haw Stood tt) Test And reflex action will be a guide to your further pur chase. You could do worse, and we venture to say, you can do no better elsewhere Call Telephone No. 2, or address F.G. THOMPSON, Mgr. ELIZ CITY,N. O. ski wsmimmA BROKE ;THE RULES. And That Was Bow He Got His Name. Fighting Bob Evans Known All Over The World. When He Went to Anapolis He drove aNail in the Wall an.l Was Ordered to Take it Down But Would Not Do o. Many reasons have been given for the"Fighting Bob" sobriquet of Robley D Evans, commando ot the battleship Iowa. It ic generally supposed that this title dates back to the days of the civil war. Persons, however, who knew "Fighting Bob" in his boyhood days, say he auic-d the title when, as a cadet at Auapo lis, he defied the entile staff of Academy officials, as well as the war department on the subject of a Bible text. In the old days at'Anapo is a rule was promulgated that no cadet should hang pictures or ornaments on the walls of his room. The cadets were forbid den even to sticl pins in the wall. It was a good rule as far as it went, and was devised chiefly to prevent cadets who were the sons of wealthy par cuts from attempting to show off before their comrades iu the Academy. The framer of the regulation argued that, unless such a rule was eufoiced, those cadets who weie rich enough would decorate their rooms with handsome curtains, pictures, and the like, thereby causing poorer cadets to envy them and perhaps lead to expensive at tempts at emulation. The rule worked beutifully : until one day theie arrived at j t'.ie Academy a youth from Vir ginia with a square jaw and the name of Robley D. Kvans. Af ter passing through the usual formalities a room was assigned j t) him, and one of the porters I -an ted his trunk ups'.airs. About ic nist two turn irs vnieii koij. I). Kvans cxtr.u ted from that trunk was a nail and a large, i.-r.tss headed framed oiblc text. Taking the nail and a convenient sho?, Cadet Kvans j stood on his bed and proceeded carefully to drive the brass head ed nail into the sacred walls of the Anapolis Naval Academy. He then hung the framed text on the nail and stood back, with his head on one side, to see if the text was hung up straight. At this moment one of the of ficers, who had heard the pound ing on ike wad, entered the room, a. id on seeing the text suffered a shock that almost rendered him speechless. Fi nally he managed to gasp an in dignant order to the new cadet to "take that thing down:" "What thing?" demanded Kv ans, with his hands iu his pock et and his chin advanced. 1 "That that picture thiug," j spluttered the officer. I "Tisu't a picture," said Ev j ans; convincingly. 1 "Take it down roared the of- icer. "Go to blazes." retorted Kv- ; ans. I TI e vou:i!? officer looked at ; the stockily built figure of the champion of the text and deci ded that dignity might be com promised it he tried to person ally enforce his command. So he- reported the matter to the ot freer of the day. The officer of ficer of the day called Kvans be fere him, explained that orders at An. polis must by obeyed, and directed the new cadet to return to his :00m and to at ouce take down the text. Kvans, politely, but firmK -'aid that his mother had given k 1 m the text and asked him to han;; 't up. He said that he had hung r'ie text up and iu tended to ha . 't remain there as long as he .as n pupil at the j Academy. j The orlicLr ci the day was a J disciplinarian, but he was also a j d i pi o m at. H e f o 1 l- .- 1 w f u r tli e r (in troub.e Bob Kvaa"s text and, j unwilling to draw u; :i himself jthe possible tliuiihi of the ' church, referred the matter to the commardaut. Tiie e:mnand, ' nfit was equally puvuip'.ory, but ;vaas and bis text Midd firm commandant decided that . ,;;:ght perhaps bebtst to let isjtueoi'e higher iu authority I j.'ass' upon the subi-.ct of the (Ueaaiui Dreacn oi me discipline j committed by Cadet Kvans in kmgii . his mother's text over the be a. Accordingly the matter was referred to the Navy Department and an assistant to an assistant secretary of the Navy wrote to Kvans commanding him at once to obey the rules ot the institution and remove the text. In due course of time back caraea let ter irom the commandant, say ing the text still hung high and that Cadet Kvans "stood pat." Other officials issued orders with no better success, and finally the the Secretary of the Navy him self ordered that the text be re moved. While all these . things were going on Kvans had written to his father and acquainted him with the circumstances sur rounding the hanging up of the text. Evan's father, a stanch churchman, told his son to stand by his guns, or, rather his text and added the advice that, if his son was compelled to take dovv. the text, he should imme diately pack his trunk and come home. In the midst of his in dignations Mr. Kvans, Sr., told the church people about it. That settled it. The leaders of the church communicated with congressmen iu general and especially with the congress man who had appointed Kvans to the Naval Academy. Then the trouble reached a head. The church members held an indig nation meeting and some hints of the matter got into the news papers. The congressman ask ed questions in the House of Representatives and indignant letters by the bushel drifted down upon the Secretary of the Navy. Finally the whole church took up the matter of Bob Evan's text and Virginia rang with the argument. Then it was that the Secreta ry of the Navy, who was an as tute man, decided that the best thing for them to do would be to give an official wink. Accordingly he winked, and that wink passed clear down the line of oilicialdom until it reach ed Kvans himself, who cheerfully looked at his text and also wink ed. Robley D. Evans has been graduated these many years, but it is said that as long as he re mained at Anapolis the text hung over his bed and that, be cause ot his bulldog determina tion to stand by his principles, his fellow cadets gave him the nickname ol "Fighting Boh," : ' .. L 1 ' o Nj,a a;ai Sljus i-,.:r !J,"a T.y- rr :; t ha"co easily atvl for.-.vr-r i;;a 'I- : 1.;' ii.'e. n-rve ;tn-l viver, f-l.-o Xy-Tc 1..- V...11 !cnv.,rkrr that Wi;!;.:s v.vik wr, : "o:;.. it '.; u.crjr.ts, 5to c-r il. Cure uar;;n-'.- 1 !';., tuiU F-.unp'a free. A'Ulrcs v.: inr I...i;.o.ly Ca. . Ci-ia:;c or Nc-i" York HAVANA THREE TIMES BE SIEGED. In view of the fact that Hava na is likely soon to become the local center ot hostilities in the war with Spain, it is interesting to inquire into the past experi ences of this kind which Havana has passed through. In this con nection we make use of some interesting data which The Chicago Record has recently prepared upon the subject. Says this well-informed newspaper: "As early as 1538 the town underwent its first siege and was reduced to ashes by a French privateer. Eighteen years later the French again attacked the town and almost destroyed it. So long ago as 1600 the Spanish government thought it necess ary to erect the Morro Castle and Punta fortresses, which are still in existence. French, English and Dutch alike menaced tlie city, and there was no little dan ger from pirates. About the middle of the seventeenth cen tury it was determined to build the walls which still answer for the fortifications ot the island. Hut the first actual investment and capture of Haeana by the landing of troops occurred in 1762, when the British fleet un- del Lord Albemarle took posses sion of the city. There were fully 200 vessels in the attack ing fleet, and these carried an army of 14,000 men, as against the Spanish army of 27,000 Aftei the payment ot a large sum, the island was restored to the-Span iards in the following year. 11. o 1 ... . c:, ;. . . si. !.;.!.!.' ; t:-. : '. . t.. - Ir. n 'r !- ' !i ' t'-.r K-arly u iuarti-r of .: tvh-ry, it !: ;:;:s fo-i;iy fore m.r.t a--i.n,' o.;r iiiot v-.:t'-l rciueiiios. lirovvus' Ir;.:i Ih;ters U sold by all de.ilers. Hadn't Heard of the War. Wednesday moruing a farmer wdio hailed from Harnett county, came into a handsome store on Fayette ville street and purchas ed quite an ' extensive bill of goods says the Raleigh Post. He appeared to be a fairly prospers ous farmer and as an evidence of this fact he had the hard cash with him. Alter buying the goods lie began to converse with one of the proprietors of the es tablishment. The farmer's at tention was attracted by several passing soldiers and he asked if it was a holiday or if there would be a parade. He " was dumbfounded when he was in formed that this country was at war with Spain. He had not heard one word about any trouble between the countries. He excused himselr by saying: "Well I used ter take a weekly paper, but my eyes are bad and I stopped three years ago. Whooping Cough. I had a little boy who was nearly dead from an attack ot whooping cough. My neigh bors recommended Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy. I did not think that any medicine would help him, but after givs ing him a few doses of that rem edy I noticed an improvement, and one bottle cured him entire ly. It is the best cough medis cine I ever had in the house. J. E. Moore, South Burgetts town, Pa. For sale by W. W. Griggs & Son, Druggist. A1AEDS ENTRAPPED. Sampson Controls Northern Waters Of Cuba. And Can Cutt Off The Spaniards Be fore They Reach Southern Cuba. Washington, May 16. The Spanish Armada is entrapped m the Caribbean sea. News received this afternoon from Sampson shows that his squad ron controls the northern wa ters and can cut off the Spans iards before they reach south ern Cuba. The Oregon, Marietta and Buffalo coming along the Briz ilian coast can prevent the Span iards escape southward until af ter the arrival of Sampson. The Montgomery, St. Louis and Yale being in the vicinity of Martinique can destroy them if they come that way, and Com modore Schley, with his Flying Squadron, is rushing to north', ern Cuba and will preent the Spaniards from escaping, north ward. The Spaniards are in a centre converging in a triangle. Washington, May 16. Secre- ry Kong was officially informed this morning that the Spanish Armada sailed north from Cura coa last night coaled and pro visioned for a long cruise. New York, May 16. The British steamship Earnwood brings the information that the Spanish troopship Alfonzo XIII was at Barboadoes on May 4th. This is the vessel Sampson has been looking for some weeks. THE SPANISH SQUADRON. Details of the Fleet Whici is to Ie Captured and Destroyed. The Spanish squadron, now in this hemisphere, is believed to consist of seven ships- four armored cruisers and three tor pedo boat destroyers. These vessels are as follows: Vizcaya Armored cruiser; length, 364 feet; displacement, 6,890 tons, natural speed, 18.5 knots; complement, 484 men; armament, 2 11 inch and 10 5.5 inch guns, eight 6 pounder and 10 r pounder rapid fire, ten ma chine guns and eight torpedo tubes. Almiraute Oqueudo Armored cruiser, length 364 feet; dis placement, 6,890 tons; natural speed, 18.5 knots; complement, 4S4 men; armament, 2 11 inch ten 5.5 inch, eight 6 pounder and ten 1 pounder rapid fire guns, ten machine guns and 8 torpedo tubes. Christobal Colon Armored cruiser; length 328 feet; displaces ment, 6,840 tons; natural speed, iQ.5 knots; complement; 500 men; armament, two 9.8 inch guns; ten 6 inch rapid fire guns, six 4.7 inch rapid fire, ten 6 pounders; and ten 1 pounder rapid fire guns; two machine guns; and four torpedo tubes. Pluton, Terror, Furor Tor pedo boat destroyers each with three funnels and one mast; length, 220 feet; displacement; 320 tons; speed 2S kupts; arma me each two 6 pounder quick firing; two 1 pounder quick fires; each destroyer mounts two 14 inch toi pedo tubes on deck and carries 67 men. Banks Are Alarmed Washington, May 16. Comp troller of the Currency today re ceived several requests from officers along the New England caost for permission to remove their deposits to the interior. The banks are alarmed over the reports of the approach of the Spaniards. The request was refused as no fear is entertained in Washing ton of any Spanish bombard ment. Extra Precautions at Key West. Key West, May 16, Fhxtra ordinary precautions are being taken for the protection of this harbor. Extra guards and watchmen are covering the Na val Station. In the storehouse only Gov eminent employes are permit ted to approach the Government dock for fear that Spaniards know of the immense amount of stores here and will attempt to capture them in an uuxpected sweep. Skin Diseases. For the spc-edy and permanent cure of tetter, salt rheum and eczema. Cham berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment if without an emtfil. It relieves the itch ing and smarting almost instantly and its continued use effects a permanent euro. It als cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and rranulated lids. Dr. Cady's Condition Powders for Worses are the best tonic, blood purifier ind vermifuge. Price, 25 cents. Sold by rara I ,ttii,yin,if.E For further particulars apply at 23 Main St. and 57 Water St., where Sawyer & J ones have dis played the finest and cheapest line of goods for the season of 1898- While we wish to say we have $35,000 worth of general merchandise that must go while Gen. Lee is plan ning to capture Cuba. We have prepared and marked down the follow ing goods which every buyer of this country can reach and supply their wants. 300 pairs Eadie's Slippers, manufac tured by Messrs Ziegler Bros., in black, tan, ox blood and chocolate, in prices from $1.50, $2 and $2.50; present prices $1.15, Si-45 aac $t-95- 100 pairs misses' and children's slip pers of same manufacture. $100 now 75c, $1.25, now 90c, $1.50, now $1.15. 150 pairs ladies fine shoes that were worth $2.50 and 53 pair; will close the lot for $1.50 pair. 150 pairs ladies' dougola, button and lace shoes $1; now 69c. $1.25 now $1 $1.50 now $1.10. 100 pairs ladie's flippers; were worth 50c, now 35c. 300 pairs men's fine shoes which we have been selling for $1.25, $150, $1.75 and $2. We are closing at $i, $i .25, $1.50 and $1.75. 200 pairs men's $2,25, $2.50 and $3 shoes, we will close $1.45, $1.90 and $2. Baby shoes 25c, now 13c. These are special are selling goods. iliii S iSS -5 4, Aire Clothing, 150 crash suits, worth ,$2.50, now $1.50 !per suit. Blue Flannel suits per suit, now 4.50. 500 men's suits that were sold for $5 to $10. Our price now 3.50, 4.50, 5.50, 6.50 and 8.00 dollars. 200 Boy's and Children's suits, similar prices. 150 Boys Knee pants, bargain for all. 230 Prs. Men's pants in all colors, plaids and stripes 75 cents up. 1000 yards Ladies fine dress-goods, cot tons and wool and silk and wool mixed, worth 15c, 25, 40, 50, 75 and S5cts. per yard, will sell at 9,11, 19, 28, 33. 60 and 62cts. per yard. 1500 yards Lawns and Lappets worth 10 to 25 cts. per yard, will close the lot for Sets, per yard. 120 Ladies shirt waist regular price 50 aud 65cts will sell at bargains, and while ' ala33JVlain and Water Sts.JL 1 llf . x V V Y J will llil i 2 fit -SL SL SL SL. SL SL: C; 2 that were worth $S suit from 1 5 dozen 35c to close. j assortment TP: , the American Warships arefp'tinS we y fipif SL CL L , C 150 Child's Sailor Hats that were woith 5ocls. now 25CtS. 50 Dozen men's Straw Hats, worth 50 cents will sell now for 25cts. each. 25 Dozen Men's Straw Hats which we for 40, 60, 80 and 1. dollar. ' 12 dozen men's Alpine, Black, Ni'itra and all collors of brown, that we s"ll for 1. 00 to 2.00 dollars, now 75c. to i.". 15 dozen men's Stiff Hats in o 'ois to 1,00 3 50 now 75 t 2.50 caps for men and foys 'ii crash and wool for 25 to 5ct.s n J Sets. Latest in men's lire Straw y& Hats. 50 dozen men's Ui shiits worth 35c. now 25 :jct Jtige of Umbrellas, 2 cs UP i ; -i a:
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